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  • Thumbnail for Anti-submarine weapon
    An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel...
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  • Thumbnail for Anti-satellite weapon
    Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic or tactical purposes. Although no ASAT system...
    56 KB (5,715 words) - 15:09, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anti-personnel weapon
    An anti-personnel weapon is a weapon primarily used to maim or kill infantry and other personnel not behind armor, as opposed to attacking structures...
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  • Thumbnail for Anti-tank warfare
    in 1916, the German Empire introduced the first anti-tank weapons. The first developed anti-tank weapon was a scaled-up bolt-action rifle, the Mauser 1918...
    79 KB (10,939 words) - 18:42, 4 August 2024
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    The M72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon, also referred to as the light anti-armor weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: light anti-armor weapons system) is a portable...
    52 KB (4,552 words) - 19:34, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anti-tank guided missile
    An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed...
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  • List of anti-aircraft weapons. See also anti-aircraft warfare. Air Defense Anti-Tank System (ADATS) Oerlikon AMADS – Advanced man-portable air defence...
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  • Thumbnail for Directed-energy weapon
    existing missiles. A weapon often described as an "anti-drone rifle" or "anti-drone gun" is a battery-powered electromagnetic pulse weapon held to an operator's...
    59 KB (6,045 words) - 07:23, 2 August 2024
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    MATADOR (redirect from MATADOR (weapon))
    MATADOR (man-portable, anti-tank, anti-door) is a 90-millimetre (3.5 in) man-portable, disposable anti-armour and anti-brickwall weapon system developed by...
    23 KB (1,993 words) - 12:47, 6 August 2024
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    A weapon, arm, or armament is any implement or device that is used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase...
    33 KB (3,698 words) - 04:40, 20 July 2024
  • The DRDO Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) is a long-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon developed by India's Defence Research and Development...
    21 KB (1,650 words) - 10:27, 21 July 2024
  • Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon"), FMAN/FMC ("Futur missile anti-navire/Futur missile de croisière" in French), FOSW ("Future Offensive Surface Weapon") or SPEAR...
    32 KB (3,558 words) - 01:57, 19 July 2024
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    LAW". NLAW stands for Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon or Next-Generation Light Anti-armour Weapon. The N is short for "Next generation" or "Next-generation"...
    56 KB (4,684 words) - 18:08, 3 July 2024
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    MILAN (redirect from Milan Anti-Tank Weapon)
    entered service in 1972 as a second generation anti-tank weapon and soon became a standard anti-tank weapon throughout NATO, in use by most of the alliance's...
    39 KB (3,051 words) - 20:08, 17 July 2024
  • Light anti-tank weapon or Light anti-armor weapon may refer to: a weapon in anti-tank warfare LAW 80 / LAW 94, British single-use anti-tank projectile...
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  • Thumbnail for Hypersonic weapon
    A hypersonic weapon is a weapon capable of travelling at hypersonic speed, defined as between 5 and 25 times the speed of sound or about 1 to 5 miles per...
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  • Thumbnail for Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle
    officially known as the M3 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) or Ranger Antitank Weapons System (RAWS), but is often simply called...
    82 KB (7,513 words) - 08:51, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anti-aircraft warfare
    the task of intercepting any projectile in flight. Most modern anti-aircraft (AA) weapons systems are optimized for short-, medium-, or long-range air defence...
    98 KB (13,255 words) - 00:47, 31 July 2024
  • An anti-ballistic weapon is any weapon (be it a missile, a laser, or another type of object) designed to counter threats which are ballistic objects....
    758 bytes (68 words) - 08:44, 28 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon
    defense system (SPAD), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability. Specific weapon systems used include machine guns, autocannons, larger...
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